Nino
Rota never made any distinction between his concert music and
his music for films. Each was of equal importance and, to his
mind, deserved equal dedication. This valuable album shows an
inter-relationship between the two genres. Rota’s music for Fellini’s
film La Strada (1954) became the source for the music for
the 1966 ballet of the same name and music from Rota’s Sinfonia
sopra una canzone d’amore (Symphony on a love song) were used
in two films: The Legend of the Glass Mountain (1949) and
Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) (1962).